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Communities and PBI celebrate 20th anniversary in Urabá

4 February 2015
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During the last quarter of 2014 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of PBI in Colombia. PBI opened its office in Urabá, northwestern Colombia, in 1997, and to commemorate its 20th year anniversary our team celebrated with the people of the humanitarian zones in Curbaradó, Jiguamiandó and La Larga Tumaradó, and with the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó. Here are some pictures from the celebrations. Above, Marco, Amanda and David are preparing games with the Community.
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During the last quarter of 2014 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of PBI in Colombia. PBI opened its office in Urabá, northwestern Colombia, in 1997, and to commemorate its 20th year anniversary our team celebrated with the people of the humanitarian zones in Curbaradó, Jiguamiandó and La Larga Tumaradó, and with the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó. Here are some pictures from the celebrations. Above, Marco, Amanda and David are preparing games with the Community.

  • During the last quarter of 2014 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of PBI in Colombia. PBI opened its office in Urabá, northwestern Colombia, in 1997, and to commemorate its 20th year anniversary our team celebrated with the people of the humanitarian zones in Curbaradó, Jiguamiandó and La Larga Tumaradó, and with the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó. Here are some pictures from the celebrations. Above, Marco, Amanda and David are preparing games with the Community.
  • Our first celebration was with the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó, who we have been accompanying since 1999. Amanda is getting ready for the first game: The rope race, which involves tying a rope to the legs of couples. Everybody wins and nobody loses.
  • Alberto, from the Peace Community is cooking pork rinds (chicharrón) for dinner. The Community sacrificed a 150 kg pig for the event. There was also chicken stew (sancocho de gallina) with rice and salad.
  • In another game proposed by PBI, the children of the Peace Community had to pick apples from a bucket of water with their mouth. It's harder than it looks.
  • Marco, Beatrice, David and other members of the Peace Community are playing the foam challenge: they had to shave each other while blindfolded. When the challenge was over ,no one escape from a foam fight.
  • Marco, Maria Luisa, David, Katerina and Amanda received one of Dona Brigida’s famous paintings that represent the life of the Community. All artwork done by this leader represents and preserves the historical memory of the Peace Community.
  • Maria Luisa, David, Amanda, Marco and Katerina thanked the Peace Community for these 20 years of walking together.
  • A few days later we traveled to Camelias to celebrate with the people of the humanitarian zones of Curbaradó, Jiguamiandó and La Larga Tumaradó, which are counselled by the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace, which is one of the first organizations that we began accompanying in 1994. Maria Luisa is preparing the anniversary celebration.
  • Marco, Nanette, Maria Luisa, David, Beatriz and Amanda are posing with Erasmo Sierra, one of the Jiguamiando’s historical leaders.
  • One of the fun activities of the day. Then we danced Salsa and the popular vallenato until dawn.
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